- Drag and drop, code-free application building
- Mobile operator support, including responsiveness to device type (desktop, tablet, phone, smartwatch)
- Asset model context for data and analysis tools
- Security features allowing control of data visibility and application functionality (read only vs. read write, for example)
- Unlimited developer and runtime licenses
The combination of easy-to-use tools and data in context of an asset model has created an opportunity for individuals to create web-based applications that show plant data in the way they want to see it.
Individuals can build mini applications (web pages), link them together, and share them amongst their peers. Since the mini apps are asset model aware, other users that manage similar assets elsewhere in the organization can use the mini apps unchanged by navigating to the asset they manage within the context of the app and asset model.
All of this is possible within the network and IT security infrastructure that exists within plants today.
This ability for the individual to explore, create, test, modify and share tools that enable better outcomes represents a sea change from the current paradigm where system design is managed by a few “experts.” DCS’s, HMI/SCADA’s, Historians and even Operator Interfaces – all require a level of expertise, access to development tools and change management processes.
For these operational systems, the engineering practices that are applied to systems that interact with plant equipment. The new generation of tools is designed to interface with these source systems and other data sources (smart sensors, other business systems) to provide information which enables better decision making in a novel way.
For companies looking to accelerate their digitization journey and take advantage of the skills of the new digital native generation of employees, these new web technology-based tools can play a key role in achieving these goals.
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Steve Pavlosky is Senior Director of Product Management for GE Digital. He can be reached at Steve.Pavlosky@ge.com.